Art, media & communications | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Art, media & communications

  • Guy Phillipson

    Guy Phillipson is a veteran pioneer and inspiring leader in the digital advertising industry. In 2019, Guy was appointed Chairman of JICWEBS.org, the UK internet advertising regulator which sets standards and good practice for digital ad trading – keeping ads away from all types of harmful content. During 2017 and 2018 Guy was Chairman of […]

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  • Gillian Phillips

    I am the Director of Editorial Legal Services for Guardian News & Media Limited (publishers of the Guardian & Observer newspapers and theguardian.com). I went to school in Newbury in Berkshire. At University, I read history and then law. I trained as a solicitor in private practice in the City of London before joining the […]

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  • Trevor Phillips

    Trevor Phillips is a writer and television producer. He is the co-founder of the diversity analytics consultancy Webber Phillips, and Chairman of Green Park Interim and Executive Search. He is the Chairman of the global freedom of expression campaign charity Index on Censorship, a director of the Barbican Arts Centre, and a Vice-President of the […]

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  • Ed Petrie

    Ed is a BAFTA nominated children’s television presenter and has over 14 years’ experience in live, pre-record, studio and location filming. He currently presents CBBC’s RTS nominated Marrying Mum and Dad, as well as his 3 times BAFTA nominated comedy travelogue show All Over the Place. They are now on their 7th and 10th series […]

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  • Portrait of Grayson Perry

    Sir Grayson Perry CBE

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  • Robert Peston

    Robert Peston is ITV’s political editor, presenter of the politics show “Peston” and the podcast “The Rest is Money”, and founder of the education charity, Speakers for Schools. He has written seven critically acclaimed books, including his two latest, “Bust?” – on how to fix the malaise in the UK and the West – and […]

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  • Dame Alison Peacock

    Professor Dame Alison Peacock is Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, a new Professional Body that seeks to raise our status through celebrating, supporting and connecting teachers to provide expert teaching and leadership. Prior to joining the Chartered College, Dame Alison was Executive Headteacher of The Wroxham School in Hertfordshire. Her career to […]

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  • Chris Payne

    Chris Payne has 20 years of games industry experience programming for Electronic Arts, Intelligent Games and Traveller’s Tales. He studied Computer Science and was president of the Role-Playing Society at Nottingham University, and has worked in the video games industry for nearly two decades at various studios including Pepper’s Ghost Productions, Electronic Arts and Intelligent […]

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  • Mags Patten

    Mags leads the delivery of the Arts Council’s fourth strategic goal: ensuring the leadership and workforce in the arts, museums and libraries are diverse and appropriately skilled. She is also responsible for work in areas of public policy including health and wellbeing, criminal justice and socio-economic disadvantage. Mags leads on communication between the Arts Council […]

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  • Portrait of Mona Patel

    Mona Patel

    Mona is an experienced public relations and campaigning professional having spent ten years in the charity sector followed by over 15 years in financial services. She is a passionate campaigner and advocate for consumer rights and has worked for a variety of organisations on issues as diverse as food safety, disability and funeral poverty. She […]

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